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Michael Gharacholou, M.D., M.S.

  1. Echocardiographer
  2. Internist
  3. Interventional Cardiologist
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Publications

  1. Knott JD, Ola O, De Michieli L, Akula A, Yang EH, Gharacholou SM, Slusser J, Lewis B, Mehta RA, Gulati R, Sandoval Y, Jaffe AS. High Baseline High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Concentrations and Risk of Index Acute Myocardial Infarction. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Sep; 99 (9):1435-1442 Epub 2024 Mar 16
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  2. Umadat Goyal, Lee Jennifer, Rice Bria, Gharacholou Shahyar Michael, Patel Parag, Goswami rohan. Understanding the Role of Temporary Epicardial Pacemakers After Heart Transplantation in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit JHLT open. 2024.
  3. Schneider A, Gharacholou SM. Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Male Patient With Fibromuscular Dysplasia. Tex Heart Inst J. 2024 May 9; 51 (1)
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  4. Aslam FN, Lugo-Fagundo N, Reddy P, Gharacholou SM, El Sabbagh A. Exercise Cardiac Catheterization for Hemodynamic Evaluation of Paradoxical Low-Flow Low-Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis. JACC Case Rep. 2024 May 1; 29 (9):102306 Epub 2024 Apr 18
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  5. Umadat Goyal, Lee Jennifer, Rice Bria J, Gharacholou S Michael, Patel Parag C. MODALITY OF TEMPORARY PACING AFTER HEART TRANSPLANTATION AND SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024; 83(13_supplement):459.
  6. Cortes P, Zeng JJ, Karime C, Lewis MD, Gharacholou SM, Antwi SO, Pang M. Validation of prediction tools for GI bleeding in patients on dual anti-platelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Jan; 99 (1):10-20.e6 Epub 2023 Aug 12
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  7. Umadat G, Rohm C, Reddy P, Parikh P, Ray J, Gharacholou SM, El Sabbagh A. Percutaneous Removal of Left Atrial Myxoma: The FLORIDA Procedure. JACC Case Rep. 2023 Oct 18; 24:102013 Epub 2023 Sept 14
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  8. Umadat G, Gharacholou S, Hodge DO, Meyers Carolyn, Kane GC, Sinak LJ, Pellikka PA, Cooper LT, Parikh P, El Sabbagh A. Long Term Outcomes of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Following Pericardial Fluid Drainage Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023; 81(8):1909.
  9. Umadat G, Ray J, Cornell L, Pillai D, Gharacholou SM. Association of Neurohormonal Antagonists on Incident Cardiotoxicity in Patients With Breast Cancer. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Feb 1; 188:68-79 Epub 2022 Dec 05
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  10. Jhawar N, Prasad A, Gharacholou SM. Nonatheromatous Coronary Kink Causing Angiographic Obstruction: A Rare Structural Anomaly. Case Rep Cardiol. 2023; 2023:6626263 Epub 2023 Aug 21
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  11. Lugo-Fagundo N, Rohm CL, Gharacholou M, Parikh P, El Sabbagh A. Percutaneous Debulking of Mitral Valve Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Oct 24; 15 (20):2105-2106 Epub 2022 Sept 28
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  12. Ghannam A, Gharacholou SM, Ball CT, Pollak PM, Parikh PP, Landolfo C, Ali MT, Landolfo K. Characteristics and Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Immunocompromised Patients. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jun 15; 173:100-105. Epub 2022 Mar 30.
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  13. Sandoval Y, Lewis BR, Mehta RA, Ola O, Knott JD, De Michieli L, Akula A, Lobo R, Yang EH, Gharacholou SM, Dworak M, Crockford E, Rastas N, Grube E, Karturi S, Wohlrab S, Hodge DO, Tak T, Cagin C, Gulati R, Jaffe AS. Rapid Exclusion of Acute Myocardial Injury and Infarction With a Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter United States Evaluation. Circulation. 2022 Jun 7; 145 (23):1708-1719 Epub 2022 May 10
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  14. Farhat S, El Sabbagh A, Al-Hijji M, Pierre K, Lugo-Fagundo NS, Sandoval Y, Gharacholou MS, Pollak PM, Singh M, Eleid MF, Al-Khouli M, Holmes DR, Guerrero M, Gulati R, Bell M, Rihal CS. Outcomes of Radial Versus Femoral Access in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J Invasive Cardiol. 2022 May; 34 (5):E356-E362
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  15. Tapia-Orihuela RK, Gharacholou SM, Asirvatham SJ, Munoz FD. Electrocardiographic markers of cardiac resynchronization therapy response: delayed time to intrinsicoid deflection onset in lateral leads. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2022 Jan 28; 19 (1):21-30
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  16. Kanwar A, Roger VL, Lennon RJ, Gharacholou SM, Singh M. Poor quality of life in patients with and without frailty: co-prevalence and prognostic implications in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiac catheterization. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2021 Oct 28; 7 (6):591-600
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  17. Ola O, Gharacholou SM, Del-Carpio Munoz F. Massive Discordant T-Wave Alternans and Imminent Torsades de Pointes: The "Elephant in the Room". JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Oct 1; 181 (10):1393-1395
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  18. De Michieli L, Ola O, Knott JD, Akula A, Mehta RA, Hodge DO, Dworak M, Yang EH, Gharacholou M, Singh G, Singh R, Gulati R, Jaffe AS, Sandoval Y. High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T for the Detection of Myocardial Injury and Risk Stratification in COVID-19. Clin Chem. 2021 Aug 5; 67 (8):1080-1089
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  19. Panchal HB, Zheng S, Devani K, White CJ, Leinaar EF, Mukherjee D, Mamas M, Banerjee S, Bhatt DL, Jneid H, Samady H, Mehran R, Gharacholou SM, Paul TK. Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Revascularization and Outcomes in Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Jul 1; 150:15-23 Epub 2021 May 15
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  20. Michael Gharacholou S, Li Z, Uy JJ, Eckstein LH, Flock CR, Senger JL, Gutierrez JFT, Trejo-Gutierrez JF, Chapman SC. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing endovascular revascularization: A community hospital perspective. Vascular. 2021 Jun; 29 (3):372-379 Epub 2020 Sept 21
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  21. Garcia S, Dehghani P, Grines C, Davidson L, Nayak KR, Saw J, Waksman R, Blair J, Akshay B, Garberich R, Schmidt C, Ly HQ, Sharkey S, Mercado N, Alfonso CE, Misumida N, Acharya D, Madan M, Hafiz AM, Javed N, Shavadia J, Stone J, Alraies MC, Htun W, Downey W, Bergmark BA, Ebinger J, Alyousef T, Khalili H, Hwang CW, Purow J, Llanos A, McGrath B, Tannenbaum M, Resar J, Bagur R, Cox-Alomar P, Stefanescu Schmidt AC, Cilia LA, Jaffer FA, Gharacholou M, Salinger M, Case B, Kabour A, Dai X, Elkhateeb O, Kobayashi T, Kim HH, Roumia M, Aguirre FV, Rade J, Chong AY, Hall HM, Amlani S, Bagherli A, Patel RAG, Wood DA, Welt FG, Giri J, Mahmud E, Henry TD, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology, and the American College of Cardiology Interventional Council. Initial Findings From the North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Apr 27; 77 (16):1994-2003
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  22. Gharacholou SM, Slusser JP, Lennon RJ, Flock CR, Cooper LT, Pellikka PA, Salazar JB, Singh M. Factors associated with change in frailty scores and long-term outcomes in older adults with coronary artery disease. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2021 Mar 28; 18 (3):196-203
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  23. Dworak M, Andraska EA, Gharacholou SM, Myers M, Chapman SC. Fluorescent angiography used as a tool to guide angiosome-directed endovascular therapy for diabetic foot ulcers. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2021 Mar; 7 (1):159-163 Epub 2020 Oct 27
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  24. Gharacholou SM, Del-Carpio Munoz F, Motiei A, Sandhu GS, Barsness GW, Gulati R, Wright RS, Pellikka PA, Lewis B, Johnson MP, Lane GE, Pollak PM, Pillai DP, Sabbagh AE, Paul TK, Pham SM, Singh M. Characteristics and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2020 Nov 15; 135:1-8. Epub 2020 Aug 28.
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  25. Murtaza G, Mukherjee D, Gharacholou SM, Nanjundappa A, Lavie CJ, Khan AA, Shanmugasundaram M, Paul TK. An Updated Review on Myocardial Bridging. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2020 Sep; 21 (9):1169-1179 Epub 2020 Feb 18
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  26. Singh M, Spertus JA, Gharacholou SM, Arora RC, Widmer RJ, Kanwar A, Sanjanwala RM, Welle GA, Al-Hijji MA. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the Management of Older Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Jun; 95 (6):1231-1252
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  27. Tak T, Jaekel CM, Gharacholou SM, Dworak MW, Marshall SA. Measurement of Ejection Fraction by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Echocardiography to Monitor Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity. Int J Angiol. 2020 Mar; 29 (1):45-51 Epub 2019 Oct 11
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  28. Gharacholou SM, Vaca-Cartagena BF, Pragnesh PP, Pollak PM, Charles BJ. Peri-Myocardial Infarction Pericarditis: Current Concepts Clinical Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. 2019; 3:23-26.
  29. Tak T, Sharma U, Karturi S, Gharacholou SM. Familial Tako-tsubo Cardiomyopathy: Clinical and Echocardiographic Features Including Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings. WMJ. 2018 Oct; 117 (4):171-174
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  30. Del-Carpio Munoz F, Noseworthy PA, Gharacholou SM, Scott CG, Nkomo VT, Lopez-Jimenez F, Cha YM, Munger TM, Friedman PA, Asirvatham SJ. Fragmentation of QRS complex during ventricular pacing is associated with ventricular arrhythmic events in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2018 Sep; 29 (9):1248-1256 Epub 2018 June 20
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  31. Gharacholou SM, Ijioma NN, Lennon RJ, Rihal CS, Bell MR, Brenes-Salazar JA, Sandhu GS, Gulati R, Pellikka PA, Pollak PM, Lane GE, Pillai DP, Munoz FD, Motiei A, Singh M. Characteristics and long term outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes due to culprit left main coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Am Heart J. 2018 May; 199:156-162. Epub 2018 Feb 22.
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  32. Del-Carpio Munoz F, Gharacholou SM, Scott CG, Nkomo VT, Lopez-Jimenez F, Cha YM, Munger TM, Friedman PA, Asirvatham SJ. Prolonged Ventricular Conduction and Repolarization During Right Ventricular Stimulation Predicts Ventricular Arrhythmias and Death in Patients With Cardiomyopathy. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 Dec 26; 3 (13):1580-1591 Epub 2017 Sept 13
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  33. Rosenbaum AN, Naksuk N, Gharacholou SM, Brenes-Salazar JA. Outcomes of Nonagenarians Admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit by the Elders Risk Assessment Score for Long-Term Mortality Risk Stratification. Am J Cardiol. 2017 Oct 15; 120 (8):1421-1426 Epub 2017 July 31
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  34. Gharacholou SM, Dworak M, Dababneh AS, Varatharaj Palraj R, Roskos MC, Chapman SC. Acute infection of Viabahn stent graft in the popliteal artery. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2017 Jun; 3 (2):69-73 Epub 2017 Apr 25
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  35. Gunnarsson SI, Mitchell J, Busch MS, Larson B, Gharacholou SM, Li Z, Raval AN. Outcomes of Physician-Staffed Versus Non-Physician-Staffed Helicopter Transport for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Feb 2; 6 (2) Epub 2017 Feb 02
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  36. Gharacholou SM, Ijioma N, Banwart E, Munoz FD. ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Normal Coronary Arteries after Consuming Energy Drinks. Case Rep Cardiol. 2017; 2017:4061205 Epub 2017 Jan 19
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  37. Gharacholou SM, Roger VL, Lennon RJ, Frye MA, Rihal CS, Singh M. Depressive symptom severity and mortality in older adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Int J Cardiol 2016 Oct 15; 221:521-3 Epub 2016 July 01
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  38. Rajpurohit N, Gulati R, Lennon RJ, Singh M, Rihal CS, Santrach PJ, Donato LJ, Karon BS, Del-Carpio F, Tak T, Motiei A, Lopes RD, Gharacholou SM. Relation of Activated Clotting Times During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Outcomes. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Mar 01; 117(5):703-8. Epub 2015 Dec 13.
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  39. Del-Carpio Munoz F, Gharacholou SM, Munger TM, Friedman PA, Asirvatham SJ, Packer DL, Noseworthy PA. Meta-Analysis of Renal Function on the Safety and Efficacy of Novel Oral Anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 1; 117: (1)69-75.
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  40. Gharacholou SM, Tashiro T, Cha SS, Scott CG, Takahashi PY, Pellikka PA. Echocardiographic indices associated with frailty in adults >/=65 years. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Nov 15; 116 (10):1591-5 Epub 2015 Sept 03
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  41. Lopes RD, Gharacholou SM, Holmes DN, Thomas L, Wang TY, Roe MT, Peterson ED, Alexander KP. Cumulative incidence of death and rehospitalization among the elderly in the first year after NSTEMI. Am J Med. 2015 Jun; 128(6):582-90. Epub 2015 Feb 04.
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  42. Fine NM, Pellikka PA, Scott CG, Gharacholou SM, McCully RB. Characteristics and outcomes of patients who achieve high workload (>/=10 metabolic equivalents) during treadmill exercise echocardiography. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Dec; 88 (12):1408-19
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  43. Gharacholou SM, Scott CG, Takahashi PY, Nkomo VT, McCully RB, Fine NM, Pellikka PA. Left ventricular diastolic function and long-term outcomes in patients with normal exercise echocardiographic findings. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jul 15; 112 (2):200-7 Epub 2013 Apr 20
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  44. Sharma S, Datta S, Gharacholou S, Siddique SK, Cha SS, Takahashi PY. The relationship between Elder Risk Assessment (ERA) scores and cardiac revascularization: a cohort study in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA. Clin Interv Aging. 2013; 8:1209-15 Epub 2013 Sept 16
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  45. Leonardi S, Chen AY, Gharacholou SM, Wang TY, de Lemos JA, Saucedo JF, Peterson ED, Roe MT. Limitations of using cardiac catheterization rates to assess the quality of care for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2012 Oct; 164(4):502-8. Epub 2012 Sep 20.
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  46. Sekiguchi H, Suzuki J, Gharacholou SM, Fine NM, Mankad SV, Daniels CE, Gajic O, Kashani KB. A novel multimedia workshop on portable cardiac critical care ultrasonography: a practical option for the busy intensivist. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2012 Sep; 40 (5):838-43
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  47. Gharacholou SM, Larson BJ, Zuver CC, Wubben RJ, Gimelli G, Raval AN. Pre PCI hospital antithrombotic therapy for ST elevation myocardial infarction: striving for consensus. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2012 Jul; 34(1):20-30.
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  48. Gharacholou SM, Roger VL, Lennon RJ, Rihal CS, Sloan JA, Spertus JA, Singh M. Comparison of frail patients versus nonfrail patients >/=65 years of age undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Am J Cardiol. 2012 Jun 1; 109 (11):1569-75 Epub 2012 Mar 20
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  49. Gharacholou SM, Sloane R, Cohen HJ, Schmader KE. Geriatric inpatient units in the care of hospitalized frail adults with a history of heart failure. International Journal of Gerontology. 2012; 6(2):112-6.
  50. Gharacholou SM, Scott CG, Borlaug BA, Kane GC, McCully RB, Oh JK, Pellikka PA. Relationship between diastolic function and heart rate recovery after symptom-limited exercise. J Card Fail. 2012 Jan; 18 (1):34-40 Epub 2011 Nov 09
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  51. Gharacholou SM, Reid KJ, Arnold SV, Spertus J, Rich MW, Pellikka PA, Singh M, Holsinger T, Krumholz HM, Peterson ED, Alexander KP. Cognitive impairment and outcomes in older adult survivors of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the translational research investigating underlying disparities in acute myocardial infarction patients' health status registry. Am Heart J. 2011 Nov; 162 (5):860-869.e1
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  52. Gharacholou SM, Hellkamp AS, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Bhatt DL, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC. Use and predictors of heart failure disease management referral in patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from the Get With the Guidelines Program. J Card Fail. 2011 May; 17 (5):431-9 Epub 2011 Feb 22
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  53. Bernheim AM, Kittipovanonth M, Takahashi PY, Gharacholou SM, Scott CG, Pellikka PA. Does the prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography differ among different age groups? Am Heart J. 2011 Apr; 161 (4):740-5
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  54. Gharacholou SM, Lopes RD, Alexander KP, Mehta RH, Stebbins AL, Pieper KS, James SK, Armstrong PW, Granger CB. Age and outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: findings from the APEX-AMI trial. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Mar 28; 171(6):559-67.
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  55. Gharacholou SM, Maleszewski JJ, Borlaug BA, Cosio FG, Dearani JA, Kushwaha SS, Ammash NM. "Carcinoid-like" tricuspid valvulopathy associated with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Echocardiography. 2011 Mar; 28: (3)E46-9.
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  56. Gharacholou SM, Karon BL, Shub C, Pellikka PA. Aortic valve sclerosis and clinical outcomes: moving toward a definition. Am J Med. 2011 Feb; 124: (2)103-10.
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  57. Afilalo J, Eisenberg MJ, Morin JF, Bergman H, Monette J, Noiseux N, Perrault LP, Alexander KP, Langlois Y, Dendukuri N, Chamoun P, Kasparian G, Robichaud S, Gharacholou SM, Boivin JF. Gait speed as an incremental predictor of mortality and major morbidity in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Nov 9; 56(20):1668-76.
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  58. Gharacholou SM, Alexander KP, Chen AY, Wang TY, Melloni C, Gibler WB, Pollack CV Jr, Ohman EM, Peterson ED, Roe MT. Implications and reasons for the lack of use of reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: findings from the CRUSADE initiative. Am Heart J. 2010 May; 159(5):757-63.
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  59. Gharacholou SM, Lopes RD, Washam JB, Newby LK, James SK, Alexander JH. Antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndromes: guidelines translated for the clinician. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2010 May; 29(4):516-28.
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  60. Kriekard P, Gharacholou SM, Peterson ED. Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults: a status report. Clin Geriatr Med. 2009 Nov; 25(4):745-55, x.
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  61. Gharacholou SM, Becker RC. Warfarin in vulnerable older adults with atrial fibrillation. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2009 May; 27(4):461-4.
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  62. Gharacholou SM, Becker RC. Hemostasis and thrombosis in older adults. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2009 Feb; 27(2):249-51. Epub 2009 Jan 28.
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  63. Gharacholou SM, Alexander KP. Evolving Role of Revascularization in Older Adults with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Current Cardiology Risk Reports. 2009; 3:355-65.
  64. Nilsson KR, Gharacholou SM, Sketch MH Jr, Krucoff MW. Simultaneous restenosis of Taxus and Cypher drug-eluting stents. J Invasive Cardiol. 2006 Nov; 18(11):557-60.
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  65. Gharacholou SM, Alexander KP. Issues with care in the elderly patient presenting with acute ischemia. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2006 Jun; 3(2):51-6.
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